Electric Infrared Textile Predryers  
 


Now you can add speed to your textile processing lines, boost product output and quality, and put more profit on the bottom line—all by installing a new Glenro electric infrared predryer system. As textile manufacturers, printers and finishers are discovering, you can get outstanding results by replacing your older gas infrared predryers with new Glenro electric infrared systems.

The two pass electric infrared predryer shown here in the two photos removes 700 pounds per hour of water from a finished 112" wide fabric. Staggered, face to face banks of Glenro Radplane® electric infrared heaters work both sides of the fabric with precisely controlled, uniform infrared energy. A Glenro electric infrared predryer can do a lot of work within a comparable footprint of the gas infrared system it replaces.

Heating elements run the full width of the system, so there's no risk of cold-striping the fabric in the unlikely event a heater circuit fails. Glenro's integrated control system allows the operator to shut down corresponding pairs of heaters which maintains uniform heat transfer face to back side.

Standard Features
  • Rugged, double-wall, insulated construction.
  • Full access to top turn-over rolls for cleaning and threading.
  • Full access to dryer interior through access doors on both sides of the enclosure.
  • Feedback temperature control of each dryer pass— makes it easy to maintain desired hand and final moisture content levels.
  • Prewired and assembled—makes installation or retrofitting a lot easier!
  • Controlled exhaust airflow.
    
Overall Size: Depth 6.5' x Width 11.5' x Height 9'

These days, natural gas predrying can be a liability. Gas prices are out of control, and some gas predrying systems can be unreliable. Convert to a Glenro electric infrared system, and we'll put an end to your predrying headaches.

Thanks to deregulation in the electric power industry, power providers are eager to help you justify converting to electric predrying. Glenro engineers will work with you and your power company to help you get the most efficient system and the best rates.

Typical Performance Characteristics

  • Fast response medium-wave infrared heater design; 4.5 kW/sq.ft.radiant power density.
  • Fabric widths from 24" to 120".
  • Eliminate fabric creasing with short pass height design; 42" roll centers.
  • Lower exhaust air volumes and temperatures; 200°F to 250°F.
  • Over 2 pounds/hour water removal per kWhr.

Glenro designed and manufactured the system shown in the schematic to predry dye on fabric. This system uses precise zone control across machine direction to make it easily adaptable to a wide range of product widths.

  • The new electric infrared predryer system eliminated unwanted dye migration and improved final product color—thanks to uniform heat transfer!
  • Improved air handling and controlled exhaust airflow boosted our customer’s production efficiencies.
  • Production rates went way up because the Glenro predryer system responds to product load and running conditions—and the system stays in control of the process.
  • Height 12'6" x Depth 8'8".

Take a minute right now and fill out a textile predrying application data sheet. A Glenro sales engineer will give you a call to discuss how you can make your processing lines faster and more profitable.

Or for more information about Glenro, our products and services, call 1-888-GLENRO1 (1-888-453-6761) or send an email to info@glenro.com.

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